I’m actually getting ready to send this story to The Consumerist, but in case they don’t upload it, I’m putting it up here.
Yesterday, I experienced quite possibly the stupidest tactic ever for selling books. I was in a local Borders Bookstore, looking for the latest Janet Evanovich book “Fearless Fourteen.” I had been told [...]

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Here’s something random: This movie company in Brazil specializes in ripping off American movie cartoons with their own (significantly worse) movies. Here’s one similar to a well-known new Panda Movie. I’d embed it in the blog, but the user disabled embedding. Gee, I wonder why…..
Other wonderful movies:

A movie about a rat who cooks….
A “Little” Bee [...]

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The US Army must really be desperate…or maybe they need more techy people. Either way, TUAW reports that the US army is planning to create an Apple Store Ripoff dedicated to recruiting people into the army.
The store recruitment center, according to Brand Week, will have “three large simulators with full-scale mock-ups of Army equipment [...]

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A little old, but it summarizes my thoughts on internet browsers.

Firefox Commercial
If you like my stylings and writings, maybe buying me some creative juices will make better stylings and writings! (Suggested Donation: $4)SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Something different”, url: “http://www.jtdabbagian.com/2008/06/11/something-different/” });

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Here’s a few companies that have officially earned my “What in Hell?” award. Enjoy!
As I last reported, Steve Jobs donned his traditional all-black stage to announce all sorts of happy new iPods and Ipoods, one in particular being the iPod Touch, currently priced at $399….which is the same price that the iPhone is selling at [...]

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